Renewable Energy World

MAY 7, 2021

coal plants are either scheduled to close by 2025 or now cost more to operate than new nearby solar or wind power would, new research shows. New solar power would have a slight edge over wind for more locations in Ohio, although there are about half a dozen places where costs for solar and wind would be within 10% of each other.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

It also argued wind and solar power would be more cost-effective for bill payers compared to new gas power capacity. Leadsom, however, argued the country would still need fossil fuel power in the future, and that it was not the job of the planning system to block individual projects on climate grounds.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 7, 2021

coal plants are either scheduled to close by 2025 or now cost more to operate than new nearby solar or wind power would, new research shows. New solar power would have a slight edge over wind for more locations in Ohio, although there are about half a dozen places where costs for solar and wind would be within 10% of each other.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

It promises to double the amount of onshore wind power, triples the amount of solar power, and more than quadruple the amount of offshore wind power capacity by the end of the decade, with Labour leader Keir Starmer promising to curb energy bills by turning the UK into a green energy "superpower".

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

One main reason for the increased investment is that renewables–notably utility-scale wind and solar projects–are the cheapest to build and to operate over the course of their lifetimes, said David Spence, professor of Energy Law at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2020

On 10 April this year, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) released the 'Energy Law of The People's Republic of China (Draft)', which clearly stated that the country will prioritise the development of renewable energy, pointing towards cleaner, low carbon and digitalised development.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

And the last thing I'll say about that is that there'll be legislation in the summer which will seek to put into law the sixth carbon budget targets that were put forward by the CCC.". The sun isn't always shining for solar power generation, nor is the wind always blowing for offshore wind and some onshore wind power generation.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

The utility said it would issue more RFPs later this year for energy storage and solar power purchase agreements. And, earlier in January, Appalachian Power asked its regulators to approve its plan to acquire or contract for 294 MW of solar and 204 MW of wind power over the next three years. .

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including India wind power targets, China EV sales, and calls for a net zero referendum in Switzerland. EU wind installations up by a third in 2022. Australia's biggest polluters to face binding 2030 carbon targets. million in 2022.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 4, 2021

Solar power plants can be built-in or near urban communities to ensure the power generated is accessible and affordable to renters and low-income households and also reduces environmental impacts. Block Island Wind Farm Run by 5 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines (Courtesy: Ørsted). Across the U.S.,

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Patrick Parenteau , Vermont Law School and Rachel Stevens , Vermont Law School. Puerto Rico adopted laws that called for generating 15% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, 40% by 2025, 60% by 2040 and 100% by 2050. Federal law requires weighing the options. And in 2020, the U.S. environmental goals.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Renewable energy’s rapid growth is accelerating a national shift to a carbon-free electric power system. and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. Premature deaths due to power-sector air pollution fell from 38,000 to 3,100 per year. And 46 U.S.

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 24, 2024

That’s when we have low wind, but we have more hydropower. And then in the summer, like from December to May perhaps, we get low hydropower, so the other sources of energy complement that electricity supply — mainly wind power, biomass, and geothermal. Costa Rica lies in a tropical zone with heavy rainfall.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 30, 2021

We believe that given the growth and change discussed above, the demand for certain vital services to the power and energy industry is growing significantly. For example, in our portfolio, we have partnered with a global leader in providing a robust set of operations and maintenance services to solar power project owners.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The cornerstone of President Obama’s environmental legacy, the Clean Power Plan, was rooted in the Clean Air Act and created by the EPA. Biden’s pledge to advance his environmental agenda, through executive action if required, will also likely draw on that wide-reaching law. governments on energy issues.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

But the tax-credit extensions contained in the bill could provide a significant boost for the primary federal incentive structure for wind and solar power by extending the expiration dates set by Congress late last year. ” Wind tax credit impacts.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

With plummeting oil prices, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity took a hit last year - 47 per cent down on 2019, according to law firm White & Case, with the deals that did complete successfully driven by appetite for scale - a necessary factor given the new environment. Mixed outlook for mergers and acquisitions.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

North Carolina utility law requires energy planning and ratemaking that results in the “least-cost mix of generation and demand-reduction measures” achievable. For decades, the provision favored fossil fuel plants over more expensive wind and solar farms. Large solar fields have plunged 90%. .

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 6, 2020

Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050, as well as setting targets for massive investments in energy efficiency, energy storage and in-state solar and wind power. The new law sets an offshore wind target of 5.2

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

Wetstone noted that wind and solar developers face “near-term, concrete deadlines” for completing projects to be eligible for federal tax credits set to ratchet down at year’s end. “The question is [whether we're] going back to 2009 [when] there was limited tax equity.”

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 1, 2020

As with the last stimulus bill, the industry's plans center on securing changes to two federal policies: the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar power and the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind power. For wind power, the term "safe harbor" applies not to when projects are started but when they’re completed.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Under that plan, offshore wind farms will almost certainly be priced out of the market, but state-subsidized onshore wind, solar power, nuclear power and demand-side resources may be able to win approval for bids low enough to clear. Solar and wind power trade groups also support a quick resumption of the auction.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

.” More recently, Morano has been talking about whales—specifically, the idea that the higher-than-usual number of dead ones washing ashore along the East Coast is the result of President Joe Biden’s push to develop 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by the end of the decade. In 2019, Ohioans weathered a $9.5

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

This annual update will focus on solar power, battery storage, EVs and self-driving technology. 2020 is the year that solar will surpass the global wind market on a cumulative installed basis. Solar power generated about 2.8 No one expects or wants solar to be our only generation source.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

BHE’s giant wind fleet is shared between its unregulated and regulated utility businesses, with Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Company taking an early lead in capturing its plentiful regional wind power.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2020

That’s because much of the limitation on renewable energy growth over the coming decade is tied up with transmission congestion, interconnection bottlenecks and lack of capacity to carry wind and solar power from far-off locales to load centers. Senate seats.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

☀️ Aigen , a Kirkland, WA-based solar-powered autonomous robots developer, raised $12M in Series A funding from ReGen Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Cleveland Ave, Incite, and Susquehanna Private Equity Investments. Big Oil spins whale deaths to stall wind power installations. Walewashing.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

There are longstanding challenges to building transmission under these complicated regulatory regimes, which threaten to constrain onshore wind and solar power growth. Offshore wind adds even more complexity, since it involves both new offshore networks and hardening of onshore grids to absorb their power.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

California, for example, is the US leader in solar power, with 18 per cent of electricity generated coming from solar in 2019. In 15 years' time, those would all need to be electric if the 2035 deadline becomes law. And other states can harness the benefits of their location. per cent of global car sales.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Murkowski is also the co-sponsor of the American Energy Innovation Act, a massive energy bill containing hundreds of millions of dollars in funding over the coming years to boost research and development for solar and wind power, energy storage, smart grid, electric vehicles and other key clean energy technologies.

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